Signal boost: Tolkien's Triumph
Oct. 23rd, 2013 08:28 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dreamflowerA few weeks ago I got a PM from a person who was publishing a scholarly work on Tolkien for permission to mention some of my stories in the essay. I gave permission, and had some nice e-mail correspondence with him.
The essay is now published as a Kindle e-book: Tolkien's Triumph: The Strange History of 'The Lord of the Rings' by John Lennard. It includes an entire section devoted to secondary works and fanfiction.
He has some very flattering things to say about my stories "A New Reckoning", "The Road to Edoras" and "In the Court of the High King". I am not the only fanfiction writer he mentions. He also includes![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
pandemonium_213 (my co-author for "The Prisoner and the Hobbit") blslarner (analyzing "The King's Commission" and "Murder Most Foul") and jodancingtree (concerning her three stories "Following the Other Wizard", "The Queen's Orc", "The Grey at the End of the World").
The author has an LJ:bracketyjack and a blog, Reading Matters.
I think he did a wonderful job!
The essay is now published as a Kindle e-book: Tolkien's Triumph: The Strange History of 'The Lord of the Rings' by John Lennard. It includes an entire section devoted to secondary works and fanfiction.
He has some very flattering things to say about my stories "A New Reckoning", "The Road to Edoras" and "In the Court of the High King". I am not the only fanfiction writer he mentions. He also includes
pandemonium_213 (my co-author for "The Prisoner and the Hobbit") blslarner (analyzing "The King's Commission" and "Murder Most Foul") and jodancingtree (concerning her three stories "Following the Other Wizard", "The Queen's Orc", "The Grey at the End of the World").The author has an LJ:
bracketyjack and a blog, Reading Matters. I think he did a wonderful job!
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Date: 2013-10-23 02:41 pm (UTC)The link, though, goes to this entry instead of what I assume should be the link to getting the Kindle e-book.
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Date: 2013-10-23 02:53 pm (UTC)And as one always interested in Tolkien scholarly works, thanks for the head's up on the book. I've purchased it and will remark on amazon when I've read it.
It's always nice to see positive statements re: fanfiction as it has such a horrid reputation (sadly).
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Date: 2013-10-23 03:06 pm (UTC)(Had some formatting problems with the post, and accidentally erased the linking part, LOL!)
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Date: 2013-10-23 03:07 pm (UTC)He really shows respect for fanfiction and a good insight into what the writers are trying to accomplish.
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Date: 2013-10-23 03:34 pm (UTC)I haven't kept up with the latest Tolkien scholarly works, but could this be the first to acknowledge fanfic?
ETA: As the price is only $2.99 through Kindle, no need to consider purchasing! That's an easy "yes."
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Date: 2013-10-23 03:42 pm (UTC)Yes, I was pleased that the price is so reasonable.
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Date: 2013-10-23 07:56 pm (UTC)http://www.amazon.com/Tolkiens-Triumph-Strange-History-ebook/dp/B00G3CBZSA/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1382537707&sr=1-1
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Date: 2013-10-23 08:56 pm (UTC)It is going on my to-buy-&-read list.
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